What Happened to Homestar Runner?

[@TheGamerFromMars]

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[@EmeraldBros]

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[@braxtongeorge8038]

You said that telltale was defunct but it's back now

[@NK-vd6wv]

Please do Joe Goes

[@BitchChill]

I see those weird ass ads on Hulu

[@giraculum9981]

I think Homestar Runner could not have gotten its popularity starting on KZbin. Part of its popularity was how the website felt like its own world. Every menu was interactive and on-theme. Each cartoon was its own page; no recommended videos or ads. In fact, there were no ads at all -- it was monetized only by selling merch on the Store page. As for the reuploads, well, the cartoons just fundamentally weren't made _for_ youtube. They're not the right length to entice the algorithm, or related to trending keywords. They also have no way to replicate the much-adored clickable easter eggs, or any of the games at all. The qualities that boosted sharing through word-of-mouth now drag down sharing through a recommendation-based platform limited to just audio/video. But of course, Homestar Runner was never really trying to be popular or monetizable. The Brothers Chaps started it as a project, and backed their way into a beloved series and ten-year career.

[@ravankennedy5588]

Giraculum I’m glad you mentioned the Easter eggs because it’s something I wanted to point out as well. The interactivity of the website was a charming aspect of its nature and I think on websites like KZbin, you couldn’t achieve that without having to redirect someone to any number of different videos. I think they could upload more content to KZbin now and still entertain their loyal following, but it wouldn’t quite be the same.

[@only257]

Giraculum 😊📼

[@raulsalcedo8332]

Toooons

[@jimnewman3425]

Raul Salcedo GAMES!

[@johncenaplayingstarcraft9580]

So its a similar situation to homestuck? wherein the site was like its own thing with animations and a story

[@carykh]

Homestar runner was probably the biggest inspiration to get into animating for me growing up! I remember my brother had "No Loafing" and "Teen Girl Squad" stickers in his room, and our first profile picture was in the same H*R style. Too bad they aren't as popular as they once were, but I'm glad they're still somewhat active!

[@Acedog11]

God damn, Cary in the wild? Ring that one up on the bingo card, all I need now is for DSP to show up somewhere

[@charleystarks5972]

I love your vids Cary

[@mikeeaston4431]

@@Acedog11 sh

[@superstefanmaker2483]

Isn’t Bfdi based a bit on Home Star Runner?

[@nyancat1218]

BRO CARY Your video on internet memes on the Abacaba channel is literally what got me into Homestar Runner (and old internet memes in general)!! So I thank you for that.

[@TMS668]

I remember strong bad was in poker night at the inventory

[@junkyporpoise4254]

Yea, I remember that, along with Heavy

[@thebootlegexecutioner1797]

I miss those games

[@steelingcable6350]

cool

[@King-ty7mz]

I never knew that he was originally in Homestar Runner. I only knew him from Poker Night haha

[@TTV_TOMTISM]

They need to make another one of those!

[@waterinmyotter6245]

“I'm like come on Fhqwhgads I said come on Fhqwhgads Everybody to the limit The Cheat is to the limit! Everybody come on Fhqwhgads”

[@NJGuy1973]

Come on Fhqwhgads, I see you jockin' me. Tryin' to play like you know me.

[@raulsalcedo8332]

Everyone is just gonna feel sorry for you.... I mean, I do........

[@HeyCupertino]

I don't know who it is but It probably is fhqwghs . I asked my friend Joe, I asked my friend Jake. They said it was fhqwghs!

[@scottyawesomesauce]

I don't know, who it was But it was probably Fhgwghgads

[@only257]

Otterinmywater saw a lot from shorts on KZbin they were really funny reminded me of South Park 🙂

[@bigmanjones2553]

OH YES HOMESTAR RUNNER HERE COMES THE NOSTALGIA

[@JulianR2JG]

Ethan yyyup.

[@Spthomas47]

Stiny! Get me a danish.

[@turdsoda4915]

Errors in this video only a true winner could notice: 1:19 Bubs didn't debut in the original book, he likely meant Pom-Pom 2:45 He incorrectly states Homestar and Strong Bad are siblings The lighting still makes it look like he has snake pupils, it's weird.

[@OptimusShr]

That's not the lighting. He's one of the lizard people trying to take over the world!

[@raulsalcedo8332]

He must have fumbled his sentence and meant to say “Strong Bad and his siblings”

[@krudmonger]

Additionally, he says Mystery Science Theater referenced Strong Bad, when in fact it was Rifftrax, made by some of the same people as MST3K, but still a distinctly different product.

[@danielbloomquist9810]

Homestar, with a five o'clock shadow, still in his jimjams: "I should like probably get dressed or something. It's three o'clock in the afternoon. Yup, lookin good, Homestar." Strong Bad, surprised: "I never knew you had to shave!" Homestar, corrects the assumption matter-of-factly: "Oh, I don't...(pregnant pause before saying casually) It's cinnamon."

[@jamesboio4685]

Literally read it in his voice hava

[@mzaite]

"Bye guys, thanks for stoppin' bye, thanks for breakin' my cow lamp."

[@danielbloomquist9810]

@@mzaite(half awake) hey strong sad, hey PomPom...what are you guys doing in my house?

[@casper8265]

I read this in their voices lmao

[@MrAlex-vm4gf]

0:11 "Today the animation genre on KZbin is mostly dominated by Storytime channels" That hurt a lot

[@gratgoby5946]

Mr. Alex yes, sadly

[@pepethefrog8759]

Its its true though 😂😭

[@SgtSnazzerino]

What's worse is these story time channels aren't really animated

[@MrAlex-vm4gf]

@@SgtSnazzerino That is sadly also true ):

[@0zbrian]

Animation on KZbin is pretty dead we haven't had animations like OneyNG

[@FeebFeeb]

Homestar Runner was my life in middle school. To this day I still quote Teen Girl Squad, Strongbad email songs, and GOOD JEEEAAAOOOORRRBBB. I also introduced my 13 year old niece to HR, so at least one kid out there knows what it is 👌

[@Bankable2790]

LmaoI said nice joooorb out there!!

[@AwesomeYena]

Great jeaarogh

[@NebulaBubbles]

i showed it to my sister and she loved it

[@the_kombinator]

My 5 year old sings the Trogdor song once in a while. He'll also complete my sentence when I say "In the peasant kingdom of Peasantry, some people lived..." "IN FEAR!" He also knows about maximum requirements, and "Behold, the 386, a spectacle of graphics and sound" (I actually have several working 386s so it kinda works ;) )

[@VQuinn-he9rv]

Kristen you look burnt or dead

[@ErgortanguperPolice]

One little nitpick: Homestar and Strong Bad aren’t related.

[@53subscribersnovideos35]

I mean, what the hell.

[@DJMouthwash]

Bubs didn't apear in the kids book either.

[@ErgortanguperPolice]

DJMouthwash That’s also true. As someone else already pointed out, he likely meant Pompom.

[@RamsesThePigeon]

@@ErgortanguperPolice Homestar and PomPom aren't related, either. Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and Strong Sad are brothers, but they're the only ones related to each other.

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

I actually don't know the premise of why Strongbad put up with HR since he hated him so much. I guess they had a very small town

[@kotlolish]

Everyone on youtube: "Let's make a funny video for april fools!" GamerfromMars: "I respect my audiance with a well written video + sponsor at the end!"

[@pipelayer859]

It was at the begining of the video

[@Pikachu2Ash]

Uh, dude, you might wanna check the date of the video again......

[@outtakefiend6839]

This was still March

[@dezereks]

It says April 1st on my screen

[@Pikachu2Ash]

@@dezereks Not your computer clock genius, the date in the discription that says when, the video came out.😂

[@the-NightStar]

I STRONGLY disagree with your assertion that KZbin had anything to do with it's decline. It came down to one thing, and one thing only: They stopped making cartoons. You seem to gloss over the fact that their most major and long lasting hiatus was almost an ENTIRE DECADE long. It was somewhere from 8-10 YEARS that they barely made anything. That alone sunk the recognition of H*R almost entirely. Even the most die-hard of fans weren't going to wait around for the entire better part of a decade thinking that a new Strong Bad Email would come out next week. And nearly all of them just considered it "done." There was a RARE short cartoon every few years or so, but that wasn't nearly enough. Most fans aren't even aware some of those short updates even existed. I feel like you're jumping to a pretty far-fetched conclusion when Occum's Razor (the theory that the simplest answer is the most likely one) pretty much dictates that when regular updates stopped happening for at least 8 years or so, then even fans considered it done. It faded into obscurity because people thought Homestar Runner was over. Simple as that.

[@tarponpet]

Good to see another of the people that knows it isn't fully dead here too.

[@siggivonmahlmann6482]

It still runs little shorts of the other characters, like teen girl squad and the cheats's many identities

[@topogigio7031]

For real, they didn't make many over that decade period but they've seriously ramped up production recently. Everyone acting like they disappeared when they just took a break to raise families

[@TheHouseOfWaffles]

A friend introduced me to the website around probably 2002. I remember signing up for the mailing list and never getting a single newsletter, then an announcement was made that they decided to discontinue the newsletter because they were releasing new cartoons "about every other week." It was also stated that The Brothers Chap made plenty of money selling T-shirts, so they were able to quit their regular jobs and work on their website full-time ...until they stopped working on it. My understanding is that they let HomestarRunner.com fall to the wayside because they got hired by Cartoon Network to work on other projects, naturally leaving little free time for personal projects (on top of raising a family). It should also be pointed out that there's never been a Homestar Runner or Strong Bad TV show because the Chapmans said that they would never sell-out their franchise to a studio, and they've kept true to their word as supposedly there _have_ been offers.

[@emmanuelteijeiro187]

@@TheHouseOfWaffles Nice try, but homestar runner is not a franchise. It's a sole proprietorship owned by the actual creator and writer who hired the brothers chomos as his production team, then pointed out the true nature of the project, being a roast on supremacist trash. They'll never sell out, sure, because they're already sellouts, who don't have a witty comeback to being called on it, because no such thing exists. Tough luck. You deserved it.

[@Darxide23]

I was raised by a cup of coffee.

[@xenos_n.]

Homsar and Senor Cardgage were the best.

[@lynchpinthescriptdoctor8803]

Iiiiiiiiiii'm not gonna lie to you, that's the healthy piece of real estate!

[@AugustTheStag]

I'm the original ladies man!

[@VoIcanoman]

I'm a song from the sixties!

[@ErgortanguperPolice]

Oh no! I think this is my favourite!

[@KarunaSatoriASMR]

Homestar Runner! TEENGIRL SQUAD!!! Thank you for covering this

[@Bankable2790]

One piece, two piece, THREE piece

[@theburgerenjoyer192]

Cheerleader! What’s her face? The ugly one!

[@Xapheus]

SOOOOO GOOD! Grood. I mean...good. And great. Great and good.

[@jordanwait7264]

Homestar Runner is NEVER gonna fade from my consciousness...

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

#neverforget

[@krudmonger]

Same. My wife and I reference things from it at least once a week, if not daily. We're like... Discount Obscure Homestar Reference Warehouse up in here.

[@k8rgrl]

Jordan Wait homestar? for you, it’s more homestuck.

[@jordanwait7264]

@@k8rgrl Why can't I be enjoying both, huh?? HS-es are my passion.

[@Darxide23]

Sad thing is, the humor still holds up. I'm sure the Brothers Chap are enterprising enough to revive Homestar in a relevant format.

[@Acadius]

“The System is Down!” My favorite episode/song.

[@CreativeMindsAudio]

DOO DOO DOO DOO dada dum DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO

[@Spthomas47]

*Roo cah k'too too roo cah k'too too*

[@mortimerreed]

*aggressively flicks light switch up and down*

[@raulsalcedo8332]

Enter Teh Cheat dancing with glow sticks

[@johnhogue9402]

George Johnston I installed the light switch so you could turn the lights on and off, not so you could throw a light switch rave.

[@Heather-xm9ul]

Trogdor began making the rounds in military memes last year, and I was SO EXCITED about it! None of my coworkers had any idea why I was so excited to see him, and I was so ashamed of my entire unit for their ignorance.

[@CZsWorld]

Homestar Runner -- I don't know what I'd do -- without you!

[@bruhyoulowontime9009]

@@emmanuelteijeiro187 what?

[@godofgaming6905]

@@emmanuelteijeiro187 what the hell calm down

[@peterparker6529]

@@emmanuelteijeiro187 literally nothing on that website has to do with cz

[@emmanuelteijeiro187]

@@peterparker6529 Try again. Commit another racist hate crime then come here and tell us about how it's not related to any other hate crime, go ahead. Lmao. Chump.

[@mandelaquantumeffects3051]

@@godofgaming6905 Exactly. It's just a different skin color, or ethnicity, or gender, or hair length. No reason to fear for your life and commit hate crimes.

[@NumberD2000]

When I was 3 my dad discovered Homestar Runner. I was raised on and molded by Homestar. I'm very thankful that I was given the opportunity to be introduduced to it.

[@zombietrash416]

i totally remember watching the strong bad episodes with him reading the emails with my friends. i still remember a bit of the trogdor song.

[@punkrockchef84]

ZomBiE_TraSh Trogdor was a man. I mean he was a dragon man. Trogdooor!

[@Th3Raz96]

@@punkrockchef84 Burnination has forsaken the countryside

[@SuperRat420]

I remember renting them on DVD from the video store too

[@nicholasclark6352]

I still remember all of it. I wanted trogdor to be my first tattoo. I was totally part of their fan club

[@mandelaquantumeffects3051]

Nobody remembers any of that. Nice try.

[@tacobox25]

Idk about anyone else but I still quote/reference homestar like every week

[@Spthomas47]

All The Time _want to checka the emails_ Some parts of Trogdor come out every time i strike a torch(which is surprisingly often lol)

[@mzaite]

It's trapped in my brain like the Golden Girls theme song, and the Urkle-Bot.

[@millzach]

I checka, checka, checka the email all the time

[@PoBoyX]

I do too. In fact I just quoted Strongbad today...a few hours ago...and then this video showed up in my suggested videos list. Hmmmm.

[@feIon]

same

[@7piko7kun7]

Thank you for putting the ad last instead of breaking the flow of what your presenting like most youtubers. I'm alot more willing to take into consideration that purchasing things from sponsors helps youtubers when youtubers are considerate with the flow of their video.

[@MissSallyB1]

AND THE UPLOAD COMES IN THE NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT

[@Th3Raz96]

👏👏👏

[@roxyhart5692]

Yup. Yup! This is what HR was all about for me

[@Bankable2790]

Lmao

[@label21]

I’m happy to see you grinding videos out at a consistent quality, you’re my favorite ginger youtuber.

[@topogigio7031]

Except the video is factually incorrect. He's unknowingly committing slander. It's illegal to say a company is closed when it's not

[@meowcula]

I think it's fine that HSR lasted as long as it did. It had a perfect niche for the time and it's nice that it didn't jump platforms only to get drawn out and stale. HSR will always have a place in my heart and gave me so made good laughs. I can't thank them enough.

[@Her_Imperious_Condescension]

The answer is nothing. Literally nothing happened to Homestar Runner. It's still going.

[@omikronweapon]

yeah. they're still going strong, making several videos a week. wait...

[@KelBShobra]

Condescension right i was literally just watching them

[@emmanuelteijeiro187]

Nice try, but no, it's not. It's been dead for over a decade. A few sad retaliations to my trolling were attempted and proven epic failures. As we speak they're imprisoned in their houses in fear of forthcoming karmic consequence of their actions. Tough luck chomos. You deserved it.

[@KelBShobra]

Emmanuel Teijeiro lol naw they still have fans and upload

[@emmanuelteijeiro187]

@@KelBShobra Case in point. Another sad retaliation. Nice try. Hsr never had fans. Just chomos and chumps wanting to ride the bandwagon without understanding they were being profiled. Tough luck. You deserved it.

[@Filtersloth]

Now the internet is just dominated by homogenised youtubers that all have exactly the same voice.

[@littlekingtrashmouth9219]

Onion Bubs had more personality

[@kayhaich]

Like this one lol

[@deadrivers2267]

Kristian Hatton at least the "leafy" trend is gone

[@Filtersloth]

Evan and exactly the same responses

[@Filtersloth]

Evan ok boomer

[@BugsyFoga]

Does anyone remember when the Homestar Runnef crew worked on the two more eggs shorts on Disney XD ?

[@lucapeyrefitte6899]

Oh that's cool I didn't know they did that, those were pretty interesting to watch

[@lordcybercat4968]

Nathaniel Foga wait they did

[@themanmike4573]

Junge of the gorgle

[@Spongentic]

So that's why the movements are similar, I didn't know that tho.

[@raulsalcedo8332]

Here lies our only reader

[@marisajensen3004]

Favorite was when homestar would take over strong bad emails. “Never ending sooooodaaaaa, ohhhhhhhhhohhhhhhhhohhhhhh”

[@FoxAzureOfficial]

Fun fact: The guy who sent in the "Trevor the Vampire" SB Email was sent by an old friend of mine, Trevor Geaghan who played bass for a band named "The Killing Moon"

[@AugustTheStag]

Proof?

[@xavier4563]

Proof mate?

[@frenchtoast2319]

I had a friend who’s email was answered in the samples when you cursed over the sb email icon. Can’t remember what it said tho lol

[@FoxAzureOfficial]

@@AugustTheStag ​ I can't find the article as it was deleted long ago because the band wasn't notable, but it had appeared in their wikipedia article in the mid 2000s. I can't find any remains of the article though. Anyone know how to search for articles which were deleted from wikipedia?

[@FoxAzureOfficial]

@@xavier4563 I can't find the article as it was deleted long ago because the band wasn't notable, but it had appeared in their wikipedia article in the mid 2000s. I can't find any remains of the article though. Anyone know how to search for articles which were deleted from wikipedia?

[@sheffield8947]

"It's dot com!"

[@megacobblepot]

"I'm Homestar Runner, and this is a website!"

[@bedofroachesofficial4958]

4:48 “ by now defunct telltale “ A H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H it still hurts months later......

[@thegamingconnoisseur4151]

The way they made a new BTTF trilogy but it's a game was pretty impressive to me.

[@christiantodor9128]

This is the funniest thing. Just about a week or two ago I started to get into homestar runner. Just kind of surreal, that's all

[@MikeJr9284]

I didn’t even know that the series had a name. The only character I remember is Strongbad.

[@frenchtoast2319]

The Engie That Cried Nope guess you weren’t a fan just a band wagoner

[@zh3497]

@@frenchtoast2319 ok fanboy.

[@GannJerrod]

Felix Wantanabe are you really gatekeeping Homestar Runner?

[@NB-gu9rs]

@@frenchtoast2319 Who. Gives. The. Tiniest. Crap.

[@frenchtoast2319]

Z H thanks for the ups dog.

[@donquickoats]

Say what you will about the Brothers Chaps, at least none of *their* content ended with Strong Bad hawking manscaping products.

[@kimifw58]

That's because they don't need to? Because they reached success before sponsors were the norm?

[@karmew32]

Did you not watch the "suntan" sbemail?

[@rockheart2002]

My dad introduced strongbad to me when I was younger and I loved it! And now I always introduce my friends to it and they love it too! It really tells how awesome and funny it is when this gen enjoys it just as much as the previous one did.

[@Flickawho]

My wife and I own the Trogdor game, and it is quite hilarious and fun. I’m 35, and Homestar Runner will always be one of the first sites I followed faithfully. Great video!

[@Paper-dust]

Another thing that you didn't cover was the discontinuation of the Flash player. It will affect it even more but there are flash preservation projects that are keeping the website up.

[@TweetsieRailroader]

Homestar Runner is technically kicking. Strong Bad has his own Twitter which he actively posts on, and the Homestar Runner gang still uploads the occasional toon!

[@mandelaquantumeffects3051]

Not anymore. Now that the non essential business ban and blm are in effect, you're not going to be seeing this racist trash much longer.

[@nastynate4916]

I love hearing people still talk about this series, even if it’s about how they haven’t uploaded as much. I hope we can get more cartoons and seeing them post at least one cartoon and fan costume segment every Halloween give me a nice glimmer of hope

[@richardeadon6396]

You calling The Brothers Chaps "The Chapman Brothers" sounds so wrong!

[@bruhmageddon5129]

I remember first time watching Homestar when I was around five years old because of an older family friend showed me, he managed to trick me into believing that he made the whole site

[@justaspectator9762]

You just have been confused for awhile

[@Leon-zu1wp]

I remember strong bad WAYYY more than I remember Home Star Runner. Probably because of his iconic and recognizable design.

[@tarponpet]

Also because he pretty much became the main character.

[@pokedisney33]

oh strong bad stole the spotlight most of the time, definitely, but i think the designs of the rest of the cast were just as iconic and recognizable

[@zednotzee]

Oh man, this is bringing back memories of other cartoons that floated around the internet. Magical Trevor, Salad Fingers, "My spoon is too big", The Ultimate Showdown Of Ultimate Destiny.....

[@whatthetrend8323]

Last time I was this early, home star runner was still a thing!

[@ralynedin]

Time to break open that glow stick and pour it into some mountain dew.

[@nevermindgaming6848]

It still is

[@deez5595]

It’s still a thing.

[@subordinary]

I've recently begun showing my daughters some of my favorite Strong Bad Emails, and they LOVE Teen Girl Squad!

[@MarioLuigi0404]

I’ve never seen anything about Homestar Runner but I’ve heard the name before Guess that speaks about how popular it was

[@johnfromthewest]

For me it was the opposite characters like hr and strong bad were characters I recognized by had no idea where they were from

[@maxordman4100]

Thank you so much for doing this video! Homestar will always be an icon for me!

[@profanegunman7586]

4:46 Man, that hits hard.

[@guillermoconcetti]

I don't know if you're talking about how Strong Bad hit The Cheat or how you're feeling.

[@profanegunman7586]

@@guillermoconcetti The fact that Telltale is now defunct.

[@JohnDoe-kv3kd]

It's sad but considering how they ran their company it's a) amazing they lasted as long as they did, and b) I feel like the employees are better off somewhere else as it was made clear after they were dissolved they were pretty a much horrible, horrible company to work for. I mean look how it ended with them basically screwing a majority of people out of at least one if not multiple paychecks. And that's not even going into the crunch stuff which sounded close to barbaric at the best of times.

[@andronikoswendsofchange1151]

Strongbad's emails were hilarious. My favorite one was when Strongbad was describing the weirdest dream he ever had.

[@toekneemart5597]

I really was not ready to see the US in underwhere

[@HeyCupertino]

"Ey Steve!!!"

[@drawingablankesq]

My dad loved the sbemails way back when. He still sometimes starts quoting coach z with the bad accent.

[@tracesizemore6736]

The last time ive heard of homestar runner was a reference in the magician's when elliot says, "you gave our only way to fillory to fucking trogdor?"

[@lucapeyrefitte6899]

Nothing like having a video come at 11:51 pm before April fool's day

[@whatthetrend8323]

Nothing like being in a different time zone

[@paligula.]

Luca Peyrefitte it was 2:51 am on the east coast

[@lucapeyrefitte6899]

mav stevens cool I'm in the west coast in California

[@thatKole]

@@paligula. same

[@slugworth3111]

Make sure you all fund my kickstarter, and together we can put an end to April fool's day.

[@MarvelX42]

Two things (1) Your head bounces around like you are a bobblehead in an earthquake (2) By the end of the video you are sweating profusely. I hope you aren't sick. Maybe crank up the AC or something? Anyways, I love your vids. They are informative and entertaining. Thanks!

[@demonicar]

The Brothers Chaps could easily bring Homestar back on KZbin or any other platform. They just need the desire to do it. I miss all the boys. (And marzipan)

[@SilenTHerO78614]

They kinda have? They started a Strongbad lets play series called disk 4 of 12 with 3 entries so far. Meanwhile they did a Decemberween advent calendar only on their main site that's actually bretty gud.

[@jiraiyapicaro3250]

Every now and then I get a song or skit from the series playing in my head and then I remember the memories and I just :””)

[@Bullwinkle]

I still quote hsr I never realized how much of an impact this had on me. Whenever someone says something trying to be cool "that's nothing I can count to purple backwards" is a go to

[@Corrieography]

Seeing the site's updates on SB Email episodes and the home page gags and themes slow down to a halt was one of the most depressing parts of growing up into the modern internet. And now Flash is dead. RIP Golden Days of the Internet. Thank Trogdor I was there for it.

[@AceAcumen]

This and stick figure flash games and movies were my childhood. Great stuff. Having your own computer at that age back then was super super hype.

[@JD-gk7eh]

What I loved most about Strong Bad was that it was funny enough for me to quote 15 years later but wholesome and simple enough that I could show it to my grandmother and she would laugh just as much as I did. It really was for everyone.

[@PicoFromTX]

"THE UGLY OOOOOOOONE"

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

A shame he missed TGS. By far the greatest achievement of their channel

[@LeScarletSinger2]

So, are we getting ready to look so good? If we are ready, then let's start looking good!

[@raulsalcedo8332]

Arrow'd!!

[@Postghost]

I met a possum.

[@candicekeene2540]

I had nearly forgotten all about home star runner, but seeing, your video brought back all those memories of watching the video and waiting for more uploads.

[@coenisgreat]

TLDR; Mike and Matt have jobs they have to focus on more than anything else, they still update with more videos from time to time, and are pretty active on Strong bad’s twitter account. They’re still around, they just don’t do as much as they once could... they’re also trying to figure out how to animate in HTML5 so they can continue after Flash bites it for good.

[@antgrantrant]

Homestar is religion, and Homsar is god.

[@ClintKubowMusic]

IIIIIIm a TRENNNDY Tote baaggg

[@eaglescout1984]

You're a real state trooper

[@SEReid-rz5bm]

Heeeyyy you shanked my Jenga-ship!

[@SankaJonesCreations]

Contraption Flaption, what's your hedge fund?

[@madden8021]

AaaAAAAaaaaAAAAA I was raised by a cup of coffee.

[@supersmashbro596]

there was a long hiatus that ended, thankfully. they are still kicking with new shorts periodically. i check their site on certain holidays

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

I don't think they can upload to their website anymore. Since Flash isn't supported anymore. They are still adding old videos to their KZbin channel

[@toekneemart5597]

No they have their new Halloween shorts on the website

[@kidwolf0015]

@@skeetsmcgrew3282 They use ruffle emulator now, but it's definitely a bit harder to get the newer stuff running currently.... and some of the games are currently too broken to play.

[@ThatGuysAlright]

Honestly, a friend had shown me the series online when I was really young, and I just found it weird and idiotic. What really clicked was the telltale series on the Wii. (Well that, and Guitar Hero featuring Trogdor) I played every episode and absolutely loved it. It's a shame those aren't available anymore.

[@JohnDoe-kv3kd]

I'm pretty sure it got a physical release. (Not sure if it was the Wii version though)

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

Well yeah it is weird and idiotic

[@ruler_of_everything]

the telltale series is on steam

[@bithagrop2539]

That's why it rocked....it was dumb cute funny 😁

[@Cosmic_Abraxas]

4:48 the *Now Defunct* Telltale. Ow :(

[@yinyangyt8749]

I only started watching the series only back in 2020 during covid. I was shocked at how long it has been going on and how much history there is. I can’t imagine how it felt for early 2000s kids back in the day

[@sneakyjeeves5785]

OT: I like your hoodie.

[@thebeastwithin6978]

It’s a Teddy Fresh design for those who don’t know

[@mandaly42]

I loved Strong Bad's emails. Sadly my memory has faded but the one he did about the rave will always live in my head.

[@WannabeBackbencher]

Every year I still sing the Teen Girl Squad’s “Valentimes Cheer”: What time is it? It’s Valentimes! What we gonna get? Several boys! How we gonna get ‘em? Umm... Mock UN Medals? Unflattering clothing?? Voodoo??? Is it voodoo???? VOODOO!!

[@PatDurkinMusic]

I think that it’s great that they faded out before the quality of the cartoons crashed. I would love a resurgence in interest in the old videos but I’m just glad we still get some stuff now and then

[@SamuelMK_]

Oh come on, those are easy to answer: Coach Z is that one duck fellow you came across in the (thankfully) now-defunct furry MMO, Disney's ToonTown Online. Pom Pom is one of the enemies you face at the end of some airship levels in Super Mario 3D Land. You jump on her head 3 times to defeat her. See, these were easy questions! Sorry, I'll leave now...

[@maunstermusic]

Just wanted to show love for the Homestarruner content. Thank you sir.

[@muddbear6410]

How can you not mention their FIRST full fledged game: "Peasant's Quest" My friends and I LOVED that game. We spent a lot of time playing and finding the secrets and easter eggs. (Nearly Naked Ned anyone??)

[@justinw3161]

I still say haldo when I type a greeting, before realizing it will make sense to no one

[@noparkingnoparking]

throw baby

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

Did they make that game? And I was about to play it. Based.

[@muddbear6410]

@@v.emiltheii-nd.8094 yeah they made it a long time ago. I think somewhere between 2001 and 2003. It was genuinely a LOT of fun

[@DoggyHateFire]

Ahhh, so many memories of high school. Me and a few friends would make Teen Girl Squad references when we were hanging out. I also beat Peasant Quest all by myself, and I hate adventure games! I don't particularly want any new Homestar Runner content because I feel like it's had a good life and it was well loved.

[@Firstname137]

This takes me wayy way back. If I remember correctly, they might be giants played the Trogdor song, minus the singing and the name for Honestar runner came from one of their friends saying something silly about baseball. I think the guy said Honestar runner instead of Homerun or something. It's been years! So I may be wrong on some of this.

[@brocksamson9737]

I grew up in the late 90s early 2000. The internet and Flash animation was truly a special time that along with Ebaumsworld! Waiting for those videos to buffer. Good Times Simple times...

[@MordecaiGTR]

I was literally watching Strong Bad emails a few days ago lol

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

They uploaded those Cheat Commandos videos on KZbin, probably why this video was in my recommended

[@rquinain]

Homestar and Strong Bad were a huge part of my childhood and informed a lot of my sense of humor now as an adult. I'll always remember HSR and I'll go back occasionally and watch some of the old toons to relive my childhood. The Brothers Chaps definitely could have capitalized on HSR's success but, strangely, I'm okay with how it is now. "Strong Bad" is still active on Twitter and that's the majority of my HSR consumption nowadays, I'm glad they're still a presence no matter how small, and I'm glad they're still doing the very occasional project. Perhaps it was for the best that HSR died out, but at the same time, that in no way takes away from how fondly I, and I'm sure a LOT of other adults, look back on them today.

[@chaddoesthings6298]

implying they don’t make them anymore

[@SQUIDWORD15]

@Super Hans Nice Icon

[@tarponpet]

@@SQUIDWORD15 Ice Nicon.

[@5Porygon]

Thank you so much for all videos you made. You are one of my absolutely best youtubers ever. :) Jsi borec. Mám moc rád tvoji tvorbu

[@tikiman163]

Sigh, this really shouldn't have been difficult to piece together dude. Site visits started dropping off well before they stepped away in 2009 because the had been reducing the rate at which they were releasing content for several years. They were reducing they rate of content release because they had taken new jobs working as writers and voice actors for TV shows like Sealab 2021 and Gravity Falls. They were so successful by late 2007 that they no longer had time to release regular content updates like a weekly Strongbad email and switched to mainly doing holiday specials. In 2009 they were so busy they could no longer even commit to delivering holiday specials, and as you mentioned Flash was something of a dying platform. As for their lack of popularity on KZbin, the point of their content was that it was interactive and filled with hidden Easter eggs. In 2005-2007 KZbin was still quite small and just didn't matter enough by the time the brothers Chap had started working on more serious projects. That is the story of what happened to HomeStarRunner.com.

[@pupation]

tikiman163 agreed, this was clearly written by someone that didn’t experience it.

[@LEFT4BASS]

Legit, nothing in my life has ever mad me feel so old as this video.

[@gleaming999]

The Cat Eye's are freaking me out.

[@IAMLH]

He's a lizard person confirmed!

[@eddiek6390]

Yesterday, someone drew a dragon on a white board, and so I countered with Trogdor. Only 2 people even knew who he was, and one only knew him from the board game.

[@the_kombinator]

Yeah but you can't interact with KZbin the way you could in Flash.

[@collegebro85]

HR, Collegehumor, and ebaumsworld...daily content to binge before Netflix and Hulu made it “cool,” and it was a great time for the internet back in the day!!!

[@mickcv4554]

Awww my homestar I haven’t seen those in so many years...gweat jorb man

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

Jaeoraerb

[@sku11dugsWoW]

Strong bad is my #1 most quoted character

[@JMill-bs6xt]

Dude this website was my childhood I could never forget it. Haven’t been on it since I was six but I kinda want to check it out again. I used to love the interactive cartoon where everyone came to your house to trick or treat and you got to choose what candy they got.

[@armitx9]

"half a decade" just say 5 years bro

[@SebastianHaban]

just like "half a dozens" isn't a standing term cause it's just 6

[@zeus136988]

I had the techno song from the Strong Bad E-mail series in my head last night. I decided to show that cartoon to my kids (8 & 10) and they loved it. Those were the days. Homestar Runner and Liquid Generation were my jams.

[@Spongentic]

Only true veterans will remember this. 👄 - *_t e r t i a r y_* 🚨 🍶

[@tarponpet]

Fantastic

[@MegaTrafficCone]

THE CARDGAGE CURSE!

[@Spthomas47]

Eh eh eheh eh eh *EMAIL!*

[@JChris143]

The first time I saw this was in 98, I remember in 96 seeing the south park first sketch the spirit of Christmas and 2 grades later we were cracking up at strong bad

[@Brew78]

8:55, out of pure Pavlovian reflex, I mouse over the video to see if the cursor changes on any of the characters.

[@casper8265]

stave it off, 123, and now u can count to three...

[@johnl7098]

It never faded for fans who have been there since the beginning.

[@stapler942]

The Brothers Chaps' business model was always based solely on merch because they had this very DUI punk attitude about keeping ads and anything distracting off of their website. That model only had a certain lifespan and they probably knew it, as they started doing other projects after their website was past its peak. Now that Flash is abandoned and most browsers disable it, their website is less accessible than ever. I think in today's world if they were trying to make it I imagine Patreon would be the place to start. It's a real shame because part of the appeal of Homestar Runner was the interactivity and creative use of multimedia on their site. There was the games and there was the fact that if you clicked stuff on the screen the toon would play out differently. Then again, pausing a video is a modern luxury we take for granted.